Job Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Tallawong

Job Category: Quality Assurance & Safety

About Metro Trains Sydney (MTS)

MTS are the proud operators and maintainers of the M1 Northwest and Bankstown Line with the new City section now operational. We run a fully automated passenger railway – an Australian first. We connect our customers to opportunities that matter to them while delivering the next generation of rail travel to Sydney. With global expertise, we manage 66km of track and 31 stations, making the M1 one of the longest fully automated metro lines in the world.

Metro Trains Sydney (MTS) is seeking an experienced Safety Risk & Assurance Advisor to join our Safety, Quality, Risk & Environment team. This role provides an opportunity to apply your safety risk and assurance expertise in a complex operational environment. You’ll support the development, implementation and continual improvement of MTS’s Operational Risk and Safety Assurance framework, helping ensure risks are effectively identified, assessed, managed and assured.

About The Role

Reporting to the Head of Safety, Quality Risk and Environment, you will:

- Support the implementation and maturity of the MTS Risk Management Plan, aligned with ISO 31000 principles.
- Identify and manage operational, safety and system risks across the asset and operational lifecycle.
- Maintain operational risk registers and support the effectiveness of preventative and mitigating controls.
- Contribute to risk-based assurance plans focused on areas of highest operational and safety risk.
- Monitor and analyse risk performance,



control effectiveness, trends and emerging risks.
- Support incident, hazard and non-conformance analysis using a systems and risk-based approach.
- Contribute to continual improvement of the Safety Management System and operational risk controls.
- Lead internal and external audits, regulatory inspections and independent assurance activities.

About You

Desired Skills and Experience You’ll bring robust technical judgement, analytical capability and the confidence to work with stakeholders across a complex rail environment. Ideally, You Will Have

- A tertiary qualification in Systems Engineering, Safety Engineering, Risk Management or equivalent.
- A minimum of 5 years’ experience in a technical or operational role ideally gained in rail, transport, manufacturing, engineering and/or construction.

- Significant demonstrated experience in operational risk management, safety assurance or system assurance.
- Experience applying risk-based approaches to complex operational systems and regulatory environments.
- Experience leading audit and compliance assurance activities with expertise in leading operational risk registers and identifying hazards within the risk assessment.




- Strong communication, reporting, facilitation and stakeholder engagement skills.
- The ability to analyse and present risk, safety, quality and environment data to support effective decision making.

Make an impact This is an opportunity to contribute directly to how operational and safety risks are understood and managed at MTS.

You’ll work with colleagues across the organisation as well as regulators, auditors and other external stakeholders, supporting robust assurance and better risk-informed decision making.

What’s On Offer

We are offering a permanent opportunity with flexible working options and access to a wide range of benefits:

- Fitness Passport discounts and access to gyms across NSW
- Bupa and Medibank Private health funds - Corporate membership options
- Maxxia Vehicle Leasing options
- Employee Recognition Awards
- EAP services including confidential advice

The future of train travel, today. That’s what we intend to deliver. And it all starts with our people. Positive and upbeat with an ‘anything-is-possible’ approach, the MTS team is rewriting expectations. So, if you are energised and enthused by working in a challenging, future focused, vibrant, can-do environment, then let’s talk!

Apply Today!

MTS is an equal employment opportunity employer. We are committed to an inclusive workforce and welcome applications of candidates from culturally diverse backgrounds, people with disabilities, and people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent.

📌 Safety Risk & Assurance Advisor (Sydney)
🏢 Metro Trains Sydney
📍 Sydney